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Anthropology: Social Sciences

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What is anthropology?   the study of many cultures that exist on our planet  
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What are the two branches of anthropology?   physical and cultural  
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What is the difference between physical and cultural anthropology?   Physical: the study of heredity and the biological evolution of the human being Cultural: the study of how people in different societies live and the effects their environment have on their lifestyles  
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How do anthropologists obtain information?   field experience- living among the society being studied, allows for observation and analysis reading the accounts of other anthropologists excavations  
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What is the main thing anthropologists must avoid?   Ethnocentrism: judging a culture  
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What is culture?   the entire way a society lives and is organized, such as, ideas, customs, art, music, language, attitude, values/norms, and traditions  
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What are cultural traits?   each aspect of societies' culture is referred as this Ex: music, art, language, ideas  
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How is culture learned?   through the social institutions and interactions with other members of society, which is enculturization  
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What causes cultures to be dynamic?   Changes can come from inside the culture or outside the culture. Changes can come from inventions, innovation, or cultural diffusion  
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What is an invention?   A new idea about how something can be made or done  
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What is an innovation?   An improvement in a culture's technology  
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What is cultural diffusion?   When ideas from one culture are spread to another culture  
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What is subculture?   a smaller culture within a larger culture, has many traits that are similar to main culture  
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What is archaeology?   Branch of anthropology in which the remains, or artifacts of past cultures are studied  
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What is artifact?   Object made by human in the past  
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What is excavation?   The orderly and careful removal of artifacts from the ground by archaeologist  
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What is stratum?   A layer of earth in an archaeological dig that reveals a past culture  
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What is a grid system?   The order of an excavation site into square-shaped areas  
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What is a stereotype?   A broad generalization to a group of people  
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What is a material culture?   things you can touch within a culture Ex: watching TV, cellphone  
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What is non-material culture?   things within a culture you can not touch Ex; values and norms, respect  
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What is dialect?   form of language specific to a region or group Ex: y'all  
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What is a site?   The place where archaeologists choose to dig in search of human remains and artifacts  
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